Mira sorvino and christopher backus

Mira Sorvino and Christopher Backus relationship is still strong more than 15 years later.

During that time, they had four kids, Lucia, who is 9 years old, Holden, who is 12 years old, Johnny, who is 15 years old, and Mattea, who is

Let us look at their relationship timeline.

Mira Sorvino and Christopher Backus Relationship Timeline

They Met At a Party

The couple met in at a mutual friend&#;s party and hit off straight away.

They went on their first date a couple of days later.

Sorvino and Backus Got Married

A year after the meeting, the future couple exchanged vows.

They had a secret wedding announced two weeks later by the actress&#; publicist.

She revealed the two got married at the Santa Barbara courthouse.

The announcement surprised many since fans assumed they would get married on the Isle of Capri.

Later, the actress confirmed there was another ceremony scheduled to happen on the island that would involve her family members.

That same year, they welcomed their first child, Mattea.

Mira and Christopher Welcomed Johny

They welcomed their second child, a son Johny Christopher King.

Mira and Christopher Welcomed Holden

They welcomed another son, Ho

Mira Sorvino is known for her decades-long career in Hollywood. Some of her most famous work includes starring in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion alongside Lisa KudrowMighty Aphrodite, The Replacement Killers, and others. Not only is the year-old a starlet herself, but her late father, Paul Sorvino, was also a famous actor. The Goodfellas star died in at the age of

Most recently, Mira made headlines once more after she began competing on the 32nd season of Dancing with the Stars in She’s partnered up with Gleb Savchenko, and they’ve made it to the fifth week of the competition. For Most Memorable Year Night, Mira has chosen the year , a moment in her life that changed everything. During the October 24 episode, Mira will be dancing alongside her daughter, Mattea Backus. Scroll down to learn more about all of her kids.

Mattea Backus

The blonde beauty and her husband, Christopher Backus welcomed their first child in Mattea was born on November 3, , notably the same year that her parents tied the knot. At the time, Mira was 37 years old, while her hubby was 23 years old. The now year-old is currently a col

Mira Sorvino's 4 Children: All About Mattea, Johnny, Holden and Lucia

Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino is protective of her four kids: Mattea, Johnny, Holden and Lucia.

“I have become a very fierce mama bear, and I’d lay down my life in a heartbeat if it could save theirs,” she told PEOPLE in , adding that her kids are “so loving and bright and cute and funny."

Sorvino and her actor husband, Christopher Backus, who have been married since , have done their best to instill “grit” and compassion in their children.

"As they grow, they become more complex human beings and they suffer more intense issues the way every person does, and you have to be there for that," the actress told PEOPLE in "[Parenting] goes from being constant delight, laughing and exhaustion to starting to realize your kids have so much to give back to you, and you have to sort of meet them halfway and see them as these emerging individuals who are going to have this whole incredible life."

In November , the couple spoke to PEOPLE about the best parenting advice Sorvino's father, actor Paul Sorvino, ever gave them. Prior to his death in , Paul encouraged them to "never" draw from their lov

Mira Sorvino Shares Her Secrets to Keeping Romance Alive After 17 Years of Marriage

Mira Sorvino knows a little something about keeping romance alive.

In this week's issue of PEOPLE, the Oscar winner and mother of four, 54, shares her secrets to maintaining a strong and loving relationship with her husband of 17 years Christopher Backus.

"Date nights kids are absolutely essential when you have four children, because so much of your time is spent parenting," says Sorvino, who shares Mattea, 16, Johnny, 15, Holden, 12, and Lucia, 9, with Backus, "You're next to each other, but you're relating to your kids, rather than to each other. So we'll go on date nights where we'll leave the kids with our trusted, wonderful, amazing nanny."

"We'll go to a hotel somewhere," she adds. "This is our ritual. We'll be like, 'Where do you want to go tonight?' We'll pick up the phone, and we'll see. Maybe we'll go to Pasadena, or maybe we'll go to downtown L.A., or maybe we'll go to Beverly Hills, or Venice Beach, or just someplace out of our zone, and just go to a dinner so that we get to be a couple, not a co


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